By: Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally 

For Emery Clark, who paints it better than I can say it 

They're closin' down the hangout 

The air is turnin' cool 

They're shuttin' off the superslide 

The kids are back in school 



The tourist traps are empty 

Vacancy abounds 

Almost like it used to be 

Before the circus came to town 



Chorus: 

That's when it always happens 

The same time every year 

I come down to talk to me 

When the coast is clear 



Hello mister other me 

It's been a long long time 

We hardly get to have these chats 

That in itself's a crime 



So tell me all your troubles 

I'll surely tell you mine 

We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke and 

Have a glass of wine 



Chorus: 

That's where it always happens 

The same place every year 

I come down to talk to me 

When the coast is clear 



(instrumental) 



(It's the only place he knows) 

Where it always happens 

The same place every year 

I still come down to talk to me 

When the coast is clear